Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

Recently, a group of Sinsinawa Dominicans gathered to celebrate a birthday.  A beautiful prayer, simple decorations, flowers from the garden, good food, and most of all, great conversation and lots of laughs made the evening very special.  The whole celebration was a community effort, done with great love and affection.   As Dominican women, life is often reduced to the basics – our love for God and for each other.  Our love for each other never stops there…it moves us in the very depth of our souls to bring God’s love to the world.  This love is our greatest celebration.  What are you celebrating this summer?                Peggy Ryan, OP Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin

Recently I was in the Midwest for a family reunion.  After wards I spent some time in Madison with a friend.  The weather was hot, so we stayed indoors most of the time.  Then one evening the weather changed--there was a cool breeze and the evening became very pleasant.  My friend has a small balcony, just big enough for the two of us.  We toasted each other's birthdays with a glass of wine and then sat to enjoy the evening. We saw the ending of a brilliant sunset, complete with pink-tinged clouds.  Then the stars came out, one by one, and the coolness of the breeze was so refreshing.  We sat silently in each other's presence and in God's presence, enjoying these gifts.  These same gifts were offered to everyone and yet we were the only ones that night in that particular apartment complex aware of these gifts.  Most of the people in this complex are busy people, rarely using their balconies and perhaps even unaware t...